The Business Times, 10 November 2001

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend Ml IA if) io//n 8 f» NOVEMBER 10-11. 2001 lntei net littp //www business-tirnes asial com sg.
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    Lock icon Banks hit snag over anew accounting standard
    479 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Foreign, local banks appeal to MAS for more time to comply with derivatives rule By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Banks here have run into trouble getting their reporting systems ready for a new accounting standard relating to financial instruments or derivatives despite
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    Lock icon For rent: prestigious perch at Colonnade
    521 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Weak properly market is opening up choices for penthouse living By. Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Have $32,000 a month to spare? The coveted presidential penthouse at the Colonnade along Grange Road is yours to rent Quite a princely sum. Still, it is 36 per
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    Lock icon Carly. That's a great soap opera name
    1084 1  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX But a closer look at the plot surrounding Hewlett-Packard and Its CEO reveals important lessons for any corporation jennifer lien [SILICON VALLEY] Amade-in-Silicon Valley soap opera is shaping up before the public's eyes. The script goes something like this: 70 years
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      56 1 HOCK LOCK SIEW RSivanithy: Revamp buying-in procedures. PAOC3 TODAY' S COMMENT What is the true worth of SPT's assets? I .cc I Inn Sliih <»n Siiii»inn!l IVnprrtx Trust Pg9 JtfYSEp S'pore stocks play catch-up with Wall Street R Sixnnitln on ludnv's innrki'ts Pg 2 The nurturing of a Muslim liberal
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      Lock icon S'pore stocks play catch-wp with Wall St
      535 2  -  MARKET REVIEW r sivanithy FOR most of this week, dealers bemoaned the fact that the local market tends to follow Wall Street on the way down but lag it on the way up. Afflicted by profit worries surrounding Datacraft and DBS, the Straits
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      72 2 Dsn 1,362.77 (+29.86 BT-SRI 561.71 8.19) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,361.00 (+25.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 167.90 (+3.90) Friday Change KISECOMP ***** +0.88 NIKKEI 225 __I0.215.71 -216.08 HANG SENG __..10.609i5 +7063 SET INDEX 268.11 -023 JAKARTA COMP -***** -4.50 MANILA COMP _.999.7» +3.77 TAIPEI WPI 4.123.78 -11.25 SEOULCOMP .576.75 +3.71 SHENZHEN B
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      69 2 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.828 £(L'S$/S$ per J_. 1.453 1667 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0 892 1630 DM 2.194 1100 YEN 120.3 65.80 RM 3.800 2.079 HK$ 7.800 4167 BAHT 4453 24.36 RIT1AH 10.338 5,655 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 525 Kl'ALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONGKONG 550 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.92
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      Lock icon Property recovery depends on economic recovery: Mah
      542 2  -  Off-Budget moves to stabilise market won't have immediate effect but will boost confidence By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said last month's offBudget measures to stabilise the property market will not have an immediate effect, but will help
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      Lock icon SGX, ASX name stocks for co-trading
      531 2  -  More will be added as interest develops; but brokers are lukewarm about Hnk Bl Siow Li Sen [SINGAPOREJ the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) yesterday moved nearer to setting up a link for trading of each other's stocks. The exchanges
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      Lock icon Indonesia still faces hurdles in wooing back investors
      482 2  -  Implementation of reforms among key concerns raised From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA may have succeeded in securing fresh financial aid from the country's major donors this week, but the government of Megawati Sukarnoputri still faces some tough hurdles ahead if it
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  • in the news
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      Lock icon SPH retrenches 96 TV, online staff
      465 3  -  Revamp at Media Works, Asia One expected to save $B.Bm a year at one-time cost of $1.8 m; SPH shares jump 6% By Serena Ng SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday said it had retrenched 96 staff from its broadcasting arm SPH Media Works and Internet
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      Lock icon 7 firms account for quarter of all power sales
      372 3  -  New rules enhance competition in electricity market By Conrad Raj THE seven independent electricity retailers now account for a quarter of all power sales, representing half the consumption of the 220 large consumers. Disclosing this at the official opening of SembCorp
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      Lock icon Buying-in solution needed
      922 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Or else this recurring problem will continue to raise controversy r sivanithy THE subject of buying-in is certainly a touchy one for the Singapore Exchange (SGX), dealers and members of the public. On one side of the fence sit dealers and investors. They claim
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      Lock icon Food Junction IPO to raise $4m
      465 3  -  By 1 Teh Hooi Ling FOOD Junction, the operator of one of the biggest chains of food courts in Singapore, yesterday launched its initial public offering of 20 million new shares. To be listed on Sesdaq, the shares, at 20 cents each, are priced
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      Lock icon Institutional investors key to success of SPT
      343 3  -  Kalpana Rashiwala INSTITUTIONAL orders will be crucial in deciding the success of Singapore's maiden listed property trust as local institutions have been spooked by adverse comments from stockbroking houses on the Sing Mall Property Trust. However, overseas institutional orders and demand from local
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Asia-Pac Breweries to buy rest of DB Group
        55 3 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Asia Pacific Breweries, Singapore's biggest brewer, wants to buy the 23 per cent of New Zealand's DB Group that it doesn't already own, according to a report in New Zealand Business Times. At yesterday's price, the purchase would be worth
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        Lock icon SGX reports $14.5 Q1 profit
        60 3 THE Singapore Exchange reported $145 million net profit for the quarter ended Sept 30, compared with a $616,000 loss for the same period last year. Total operating revenue was $48.6 million, down from $54.2 million from a year earlier. SGX's securities market generated $31.7 million
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        Lock icon CSE Systems 9-month net drops 76%
        30 3 CSE Systems ft Engineering yesterday reported a 78 per cent drop in net profit to $2.1 million for the nine months ended Sept 80.—Reuters
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        Lock icon SMS your way to be a millionaire
        80 3 MOBILEONE is launching the TV game show Who to ht a Afitfkvxairp on the mobile phone. The game, using the SMS format, will be launched on Monday. For its first season from Nov 12 to Dec SI, a top prize of $10,000 can
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      Lock icon ADB comments rattle Sing dollar
      511 4  -  C U R R E N CIES Generous rate cuts by ECB and Bank of England fail to stem slide in euro and pound larry wee UNEXPECTED comments on the Singapore dollar sent the US dollar back above 551.82 in Asian trading yesterday, while European
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      Lock icon Our workforce quality is no myth
      555 4  -  MAILBAG Alamelu Subramaniam (Ms) Corporate Communications Manager For Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry I REFER to the letters "Workforce quality a myth?" by AIR Dizon, "Get foreign talent to retrain local workers" by Paul Ang Boon Piew and "NS must be factored
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      Lock icon IDA slashes licence fees for services-based operators
      293 4  -  New annual flat fee of $5,000 will benefit 119 SBOs in Singapore By Teh Hooi Ling TO help services-based telecommunications operators (SBOs) cope with the difficult economic environment, the government yesterday said it would cut their licence fees by at least 50 per
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      Lock icon IMCB's product research centre to be privatised
      441 4  -  EDB expands scope of biomed sciences start-up scheme By Eugene Low THE Centre for Natural Product Research (CNPR), a research unit of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), will be privatised by the first quarter of next year. Set up in
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      Lock icon Prices of non-transferable COEs take a dip
      297 4  -  By Vince Chong PRICES for December's certificates of entitlement (COEs) in the non-transfer-able categories dipped, as shown by November bids released by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday. COEs for Category A cars (1,600 cc and below) fell 5 per cent, or $1,520,
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      Lock icon Investor eyes Ipco's 42.1% stake in China toll road project
      305 4  -  Talks being held but no firm deal yet with Indon broker's client By Serena Ng IPCO International, whose shares were suspended for the past two days, said yesterday it had received a proposal by an Indonesian broking house acting for
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      Lock icon Three chief execs make it to the finals
      241 4 THE chief executive officers of three Singapore companies have been selected among the 10 most outstanding in the region and named as finalists in the inaugural Asian Business Leader Awards. A statement from awards organisers CNBC Asia and logistics firm TNT said
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      Lock icon SIA's $800m bond issue to pay 4.15%
      552 5 Sing Tel new issue seen paying; 20 pts above its 7-year debt Dow Jones Newswires. Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Ltd yesterday priced its 10-year, $800 million bond with a coupon of 4.15 per cent, said bankers managing the deal. Separately, bankers and investors
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      Lock icon The nurturing of a liberal Muslim
      1185 5  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL karim raslan MANY years from now we'll be asking ourselves: where were we on Sept 11, and what were we doing? In time the horror of the initial tragedy will fade. By then, the recycled and replayed image of the two collapsing
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      Lock icon SIA in talks to defer Boeing aircraft delivery
      367 5 AP [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines is negotiating with Boeing Co to defer the delivery of aircraft the national carrier has ordered amid the global slowdown in air travel, an industry source said yesterday. The news comes one day after SIA announced that it
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      Lock icon Kathmandu airport on hijack alert
      315 5 Officials: Osama cell plans to hijack jet to crash into New Delhi AFP [KATHMANDU] Nepal imposed strict security around Kathmandu international airport yesterday after receiving information that a cell linked to Osama bin Laden was planning to hijack a Singaporean airliner and crash it into
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      Lock icon Keppel ruling may spook investors
      217 5 Bloomberg [MANlLA] Seven foreign business associations said investors' confidence in the Philippines will be shaken if the Supreme Court upholds a decision last year to strip Singapore's Keppel Group of its victory in a shipyard bid. A decision by the top court is still pending,
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      Lock icon Japan downgrades GDP forecast to 0.9% contraction
      614 6 This brings it in line with private economists and would be the worst shrinkage in at least 20 years Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's government said yesterday it expected the economy to shrink nearly one per cent in the year to March, its worst contraction
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      Lock icon Duta Yap's Jupiter buys Innosabah Securities
      289 6  -  From Eddie Toh in Kiinla Lumnur MALAYSIAN businessman Yap Yong Seong, better known as Duta Yap, is making greater inroads into the eastern state of Sabah. Jupiter Securities, which is controlled by Duta Yap's Olympia Industries, struck a deal yesterday to acquire Innosabah Securities
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      Lock icon Thailand to unveil plan to lure foreign investors
      483 6 K will include tax breaks and will be ready by Decor Jan Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai government, facing a sharp economic slowdown this year and next, yesterday said it would soon launch a major package of measures, including tax incentives, to lure
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      Lock icon ADB cuts GDP forecasts for Asia
      323 6 Reuters [MANILA] Some of Asia's fastest-growing economies will contract this year because of the Sept 11 attacks and subsequent US strikes and the gloom could persist if the fighting does not end soon, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday. It sharply downgraded average
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      Lock icon Bush calls for national unity against terrorism
      380 6  -  Frorr* Leon Hadar in Washington FACING growing criticism in Congress and by the media over the conduct of the military operation in Afghanistan as well as the handling of the campaign against terrorism at home, President Bush has urged Americans to unite in
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    • LATE BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Anwar's party struggles with factionalism
        76 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The party backing jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is battling to retain its relevance at a conference this weekend. The National Justice Party (Keadilan), led by Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, will hokl its first internal elections amid signs of
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        Lock icon RHB Capital posts Q1 profit of RM55m
        48 6 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's RHB Capital Bhd said yesterday it posted a net profit of RM55.1 million (5526.4 million) for the first quarter ended Sept 30 due to higher loan-loss provisions. Its revenue was RM848.8 million. Dow Jones Newswires
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        Lock icon India arrests ex-broker Harshad Mehta
        64 6 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Harshad Mehta, a former stockbroker who was at the centre of a US$l.3 billion securities scam in 1992. a senior CBI official said yesterday. This time, Mehta and his two brothers have been arrested in a
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        Lock icon Telekom Indonesia's profit up 21%
        66 6 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the country's largest publicly traded company, said profit in the first nine months of the year rose 21 per cent as a mobile phone business bought in February saw subscribers almost double. Profit rose to 3 trillion rupiah (*****.1 million),
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        Lock icon China Industrial output growth slows in Oct
        56 6 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Growth of China's industrial production slowed in October as a global economic slump hurt demand for Chinese goods from machinery to clothing. Factory output rose 8.8 per cent in October from a year ago to 233.2 billion yuan (5551.4 billion), the
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      Lock icon WTO chief optimistic of accord
      448 7 Mike Moore sees very good chance of agreement at ministerial meeting in Doha to launch new round of trade talks Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires [DOHA] World Trade Organisation chief Mike Moore yesterday said he saw good prospects for an agreement at a meeting in Qatar
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      Lock icon Howard to put Ansett first if re-elected
      228 7 AP. Bloomberg [CANBERRA] Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday said that he would treat a conditional A 53.6 billion (513.3 billion) deal to take over Ansett, Australia's second-largest airline, as a top priority if he was re-elect-ed in today's ballot. Melbourne businessmen Solomon
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Opposition takes key Taliban city: report
        89 7 AP [KABUL] Opposition forces claimed yesterday they broke though Taliban defences and captured the key northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. The report could not be independently confirmed, but if true it would represent a major victory in the US-led campaign. Three opposition factions had been
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        Lock icon US producer price index faNs 1.6% in Oct
        63 7 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Prices paid to US factories, farmers and other producers fell a record 1.6 per cent in October, government figures showed, a sign slumping demand is forcing companies to charge less for their goods. Declining costs for oil and automobiles paced
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        Lock icon US Justice Dept nod for eavesdropping
        70 7 AFP [WASHINGTON] The US Justice Department has decided to eavesdrop on conversations between lawyers and their clients when they are in federal custody if it is deemed necessary to prevent terrorism, The Washington Post said yesterday. Attorney General John Ashcroft approved the controversial rule
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      378 3 26 November 2001 (Monday), 8.15 am 5.00 pm Orchard Hotel, Ballroom 3 (Level 3) Workshop Fee: Ss3o9 per person (inclusive of materials, lunch, tea receptions and 3% GST) The September 11 attacks on the US set the global economies on a path of precipitous decline. This exacerbates the decline in
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  • week in review
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      954 8 For thefull stories, visit http://business-times.asial.com.sg Economy needs key changes: Tony Tan Nov 5 FUNDAMENTAL changes are needed in Singapore's tested economic principles to pull the economy out of the recession quickly, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan told a post-election news conference on Sunday. If Singapore moves
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      Lock icon What we said
      283 8 QUAKHIANGWHAIvors OCBC needs to pick new chief quickly OCBC chief executive Alex Au, who resigned last month, will remain in his job until a replacement is found. But the bank faces enormous challenges that warrant clear leadership and guidance from the top. Among them are the integration
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    2716 8 Transaction date: Nov 9 KUALA LUMPUR Vol KM +A rOOW AIM Realty .0.76 i*Kh 8 Abric... -1.83 uncti 40 ACP Industries .2.76 unch 46 Advance Synergy 0.54 0.05 1833 Affin Holdings 0-23 unch 1 Ahmad Zaki Res .3.72 unch 0 AtC Corp .3.58 unch 5 AikbeeRes 2 20 0.04
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  • in the money
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      Lock icon What is the true worth of SPT's assets?
      785 9  -  COMMENTARY If the stock market rates SPT the way it rates property firms, its units will have a long way to fall lee han shih BUYING units in the Singmall Property Trust? Just ask yourself: would you invest in a trust whose
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      Lock icon The key to protecting retail investors
      615 9  -  By Sebastian Chong The writer is Associate Professor in Finance and Accounting at NUS Business School, and a Management Committee member of SIAS SMALL investors are becoming a force to reckon with at AGMs and EGMs. They voice objections to management proposals, express dissatisfaction
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      Lock icon Analysts' recommendations turn bearish once again
      416 9  -  4 George Lam The author is a senior consultant at Paris-based JCF Group JUST one week after analysts recommended more upgrades, the tide has turned again the downs outnumbered the ups by almost two-to-one. Thirty-five changes were recorded 23 were downgrades and 12 were
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      Lock icon How investors can get the best of both worlds
      582 9  -  FUNDS Funds with investments in options are an alternative By\ Fundsupermart.com CAPITAL-PROTECTED funds are becoming investments du Jour given the highly uncertain economic climate. This usually means insipid returns. Can investors have the best of both worlds? Can they also participate
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  • what's in style food
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      Lock icon Bread winners
      1317 10  -  JAIME EE talks to the people behind three gourmet bakeries who are passionate about making the best loaf from the purest ingredients possible JAIME EE FORGET pork floss buns for a minute. Even as bakeries from Changi to Yishun fall over each other trying to produce yet another
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  • what's in style travel
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      Lock icon Sleepless in Shanghai
      677 11  -  China's most cosmopolitan city is poised to become the New York of the East LOH HUI YIN marvels at the transformation LOH HUI YIN IT'S hip, it's happening it's Shanghai! Mainland China's most cosmopolitan city, Shanghai throbs with raw energy, its 16 million people running in overdrive
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      Lock icon The new earth and sky beckons
      688 11 IF there is a patch of Shanghai that has been staked out by Hongkong property developers, it must be downtown Shanghai. Their presence is highly visible: through their skyscrapers clustered on fashionable Huai Hai Zhong Road, the equivalent of our Orchard Road. There's Hongkong
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3319 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.727 0.765 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.149 1 184 China Opportunities Fdl** 0.862 0.906 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.955 1.004 Global MNC Fd 0.645 0.678 Global Technology Fd!** 0.518 0 545 Indonesia Equity Fd!** 0.574 0
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      309 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD *ron C c endlessly (5) 7 Ladies' reasons for making 1 Supporters getting about m trains (11) 8 There's no danger now, and 9 Serving a toper gm by mis- entirely obvious (3, 5) take when working (9) 14 jo gg er respecting body--10 Many long-distance drivers r
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  • what's in style motoring
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      930 12  -  The compact seven-seater is the most fashionable MPV today. CHRISTOPHER TAN tests the two newest entrants, the Toyota Picnic and the Nissan Prairie CHRISTOPHER TAN SIZE matters. If the car is too big, your monthly fuel bills can be a shock, as many buyers of large Korean
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